2006-12-15 11:51:47 · 10 answers · asked by Cierra B 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
You should see what is involved in building a house. It's incredible-sooooo many details.
I suppose if you didn't want to pay so much you could build yourself a log cabin of some sort, but it wouldn't have electricity, plumbing, cabinetry, bricks, shingles, ceramic tile, siding, sinks, gargage, etc, etc.
2006-12-15 12:01:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Labor costs are not that high with homebuilding. The general contractor usually nickels and dimes the subcontractors to do their job cheapper. If labor for a house was comparable to labor for fixing your car or going to you dentist, a house would cost 2 to 3 times more. Also, it is interesting to consider that people are willing to pay for a car in which the labor costs might be $35 per hour and the guy on the assembly line is doing as little as he possibly can. Then you consider a roofer who is working like a mad man making $12-15 an hour...society is messed up if you ask me
2006-12-15 20:20:14 · answer #2 · answered by Mustbcrazy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you could walk into a giant store and buy a house from the ware house with no land to go with it, it would cost a GREAT deal less. You're paying for the right to sit on land - and THAT costs a great deal!
2006-12-15 19:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kind of like the same reason cars cost so much; so many are willing to pay so much!
2006-12-15 21:59:21 · answer #4 · answered by DEE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supply and demand, people are willing to pay! i sold for a builder and the profit was between 35,000 to over 100,000 per house
2006-12-15 20:00:05 · answer #5 · answered by Russ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many places, land expensive
Labor not cheap
Material costs increasing as supplies decrease .
2006-12-15 20:00:43 · answer #6 · answered by kate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it takes skilled ppl to build them correctly but land is pricey in SOME locations i have seen 1/4 acres selling for 400,000$++++
hmmmmmmm where do u live,,,,, i have many houses and buy them reasonably by my standard
2006-12-15 20:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by txtx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called inflation... What do you think these builders work for free?
2006-12-15 20:33:22 · answer #8 · answered by Kirk D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF YOU WANT A BARGAIN I HAVE ONE.EMAIL ME
2006-12-15 20:58:16 · answer #9 · answered by boby223 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because
2006-12-15 19:55:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋